NEW ZEALAND NEWS.
Illy Tcleeraph—Press Association.!
SUPREME COURT. Auckland, November 4. At the Supremo Court Mr. Justice Edwards .sentenced .Fosse O'Brien, a young man, for theft from a dwelling, to one year's hard labour and two years' reformative treatment. Herman Langsdorf, with many previous convictions in New Zealand and Australia, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment and five years' reformative treatment for issuing valueless cheques. Christopher Rynan, for theft from a dwell in;,', was sentenced to two years' imprisonment and eight years' reformative treatment, lie had a* long list of previous convictions. The Judge described accused, a coloured man, as a hopeless case, and a curse to the community. AGRARIAN MATTERS. Timaru, November 5. Heavy rain fell throughout the night. It will be beneficial to farms, which have been somewhat dried by recent nor'westers. The president of the Farmers' Union Executive says that the crop prospects are exceedingly good. So far the executive of the Farmers' Union has declined to deal with the list of questions to Parliamentary candidates supplied from headquarters. ST. GEORGE'S CAPTAIN. Auckland, November 5. Captain Stevens, of the wrecked steamer Knight of St. George, arrived from the Islands by the Atua. Ho proceeds to England shortly. A PIONEER'S MISFORTUNE. Thames, November 3. A seven-roomed dwelling, on the newlysettled Hauraki Plains, owned by Thomas Glynn, was destroyed by fire last night. The owner was at the Thames en route to Wanganui to bring his wife a.:id family to their new home. The building was insured in the Slate Office for «£350, and the furniture for i!7O in the same office. There was no ono on the premises when the fire broke out. BROWN TROUT. Auckland, November 3. A consignment of ten thousand brown trout fry I'rcm the Auckland Acclimatisation Society's Topapa hatchery has been liberated in the river at Hu.nliy. The fish were in excellent condition. FIREMEN ASSAULT A CONSTABLE. Auckland, November 3. At the Police Court, Francis Wallace and Peter Graham, two firemen employed on the Mnkura, charged with resisting and assaulting Constab.e Dwycr, were sentenced to six months' hard labour. OTAGO CENTRAL. Dunodin, November 4 Mr. John Bennett, one of the Ministerial candidates for the Otago Central electorate, addressed a large meeting of electors at Oulram on Friday evening, lie advocated (he opening of land on the leasehold system with the right to purchase, limitation of freehold areas, and more rapid construction of light lines to open up the back country. He suggested Unit, on co-operative railway works, contracts should bo let to men at prices computed by an engineer, and the men should be aiiowed to make as much as tbej could. He spoke at some length about the fruit industry in which he hns lon» been interested, and pointed out that it urns not represented in Parliament. He drew attention to the possibilities 0 f its enormous expansion, and he advocated the retention and increase of protective duties on fruit. Local bodies, he considered, should have more power in the management of their own affairs. He was accorded a hearty vote of thanks for his address. DUNEDJN WEST. MR. H. D. BEDFORD ON THE PLATFORM. Btmcditi, November 3. Mr. IT. D. Bedford, candidate for Wimtdin West, addressed a largo meeting of electors at the Garrison Hail to-night. He referred to the enormous growth of the public debt under the Ward Administration, and contended that ex«;nvagnnce shown in many Departments. He mentioned the payment to Sir Robert. Stoitt of .£-1000, and the expenditure of .£7O on the reception banquet to' Mr. Fowlds. He deplored the lack of consideration given to the Supplementary Estimates. Many little scandals were allowed to slip through members net being prepared to scrutinise the items while the steamer was waiting at the wharf for them. Sir Jnmes Carroll he referred to ns the most expensive luxury this country has to maintain, and rtprelted the Minister's inaction in properly dctling with Native lands. Sneaking of the Colonial Sugar Co., he said it was a gigantic I rust, adding that a Bill was prepared last session by the Government to cut its talons, but, for some, reason, it was not proceeded with. The Government, he held, was stricken with years, and infirmity has conw upon it." It had all the weaknesses of old age, and thev must get rid of it. An almost unanimous vote of thanks and confidence was accorded the candidate.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1278, 6 November 1911, Page 6
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